I had the worst experience today at Peachtree Immediate Care, particularly with a physician's assistant named M. Taylor.
I am 26 weeks pregnant & have had a serious cold for about a week. I nanny for a 1 year old, so catching colds is the norm for me, but this time I feel sick as a dog. It turns out the girl I nanny, my nephew, as well as a good friend of mine's baby, all have caught RSV (I have been in close contact with all three). My symptoms are consistent with RSV &/or a sinus infection, so I decided to get checked out to be safe.
I waited for an hour in the waiting room for a walk-in appointment. When I finally was taken to a private room, the nurse asked the typical questions & checked my vitals BUT she did NOT take my temperature (which I didn't really care about until later on). I specified how far along I am in my pregnancy, noted my exposure to multiple children with RSV, & details of my symptoms. After waiting for an hour and thirty minutes, a physician's assistant named M. Taylor came in. She checked my heart/lungs, ears, lymph nodes, sinuses, & throat. After the exam she essentially told me that I looked perfect & overreacting. She said that sinus infection was ruled out because I didn't flinch when she pressed on my sinuses (which I didn't understand because I am experiencing intense sinus pressure in my cheeks/forehead). I told her that my mucus was opaque and greenish in color, that I felt horrible & much worse than I normally do with other colds. I mentioned my exposure to RSV but she said I didn't need to be tested for that since everything to her looked AOK. She ignored my concerns, diagnosed me with a mild cold, & suggested that I take an over-the-counter decongestant along with cough drops. She told me she had a list of OTC medicines I could take safely while pregnant. I was bummed that I spent 2.5 hours of my day to be told that she couldn't help me & frustratedly got up to leave. As I walked out, the PA sassily said "there's the exit." I paused to ask if she could provide me with the list of OTC medicines she mentioned... with an attitude she said "Oh I didn't think you wanted that." She printed off papers that also included my receipt. Had I not asked for that list, it appeared that she didn't plan on giving me my receipt regardless.
I burst into tears not only because I feel so sick & uncomfortably pregnant, but because M. Taylor's callous bedside manner was so upsetting. When I got home I looked over the receipt/papers she gave me, and found many alarming notes - for one, it stated that I was 0 weeks pregnant when I told both the nurse & physician's assistant that I was 26 weeks (and noticeably pregnant), secondly, it noted that my "temporal temperature" was 98.6 when I am certain that my temperature was never taken, lastly, medications that I am no longer taking at this time were listed under current medications.
After leaving, feeling defeated, my husband insisted that we call my OB to see if she thought we should get a second opinion (which she did) and visited a different urgent care. To no surprise, we found out that I indeed have RSV (which, unfortunately nothing can be prescribed to alleviate for someone who is pregnant) AND a sinus infection (which CAN be treated with a prescription). I'm so glad we went elsewhere, so I can finally recover!
Unless you are willing to wait for 2.5+ hours for care from an incompetent, unprofessional, rude staff members, I highly suggest going elsewhere for urgent care. read more